diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0351350..d9cad5e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         "glob": "^10.4.2",
         "is-unicode-supported": "^2.0.0",
         "merge-strategies": "^0.3.0",
+        "nanoid": "^5.0.7",
         "ora": "^8.0.1",
         "pipettes": "^0.1.3",
         "prefix-stream": "^1.0.1",
@@ -5508,6 +5509,25 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@riseup/utils/node_modules/nanoid": {
+      "version": "3.3.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eSRppjcPIatRIMC1U6UngP8XFcz8MQWGQdt1MTBQ7NaAmvXDfvNxbvWV3x2y6CdEUciCSsDHDQZbhYaB8QEo2g==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ai"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "bin": {
+        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@rollup/rollup-android-arm-eabi": {
       "version": "4.18.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rollup/rollup-android-arm-eabi/-/rollup-android-arm-eabi-4.18.0.tgz",
@@ -18608,10 +18628,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/nanoid": {
-      "version": "3.3.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-eSRppjcPIatRIMC1U6UngP8XFcz8MQWGQdt1MTBQ7NaAmvXDfvNxbvWV3x2y6CdEUciCSsDHDQZbhYaB8QEo2g==",
-      "dev": true,
+      "version": "5.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-5.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oLxFY2gd2IqnjcYyOXD8XGCftpGtZP2AbHbOkthDkvRywH5ayNtPVy9YlOPcHckXzbLTCHpkb7FB+yuxKV13pQ==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "github",
@@ -18620,10 +18639,10 @@
       ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
-        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
+        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.js"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
+        "node": "^18 || >=20"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/natural-compare": {
@@ -20469,6 +20488,26 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/postcss/node_modules/nanoid": {
+      "version": "3.3.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eSRppjcPIatRIMC1U6UngP8XFcz8MQWGQdt1MTBQ7NaAmvXDfvNxbvWV3x2y6CdEUciCSsDHDQZbhYaB8QEo2g==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ai"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
+      "bin": {
+        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/prefix-stream": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prefix-stream/-/prefix-stream-1.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0c4fc6..7ec7bf8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     "glob": "^10.4.2",
     "is-unicode-supported": "^2.0.0",
     "merge-strategies": "^0.3.0",
+    "nanoid": "^5.0.7",
     "ora": "^8.0.1",
     "pipettes": "^0.1.3",
     "prefix-stream": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/src/tasks/filesystem/tmp.ts b/src/tasks/filesystem/tmp.ts
index 7231d58..c175916 100644
--- a/src/tasks/filesystem/tmp.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/filesystem/tmp.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import os from 'node:os';
 
 import type { Empty, MaybePromise, Serial } from 'type-core';
-import { shallow } from 'merge-strategies';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 import type { Context, Task } from '../../definitions';
@@ -12,57 +12,46 @@ import { isCancelled, onCancel } from '../../utils/cancellation';
 import { create } from '../creation/create';
 import { series } from '../aggregate/series';
 import { finalize } from '../exception/finalize';
-import { log } from '../stdio/log';
 import { write } from './write';
+import { mkdir } from './mkdir';
 
-export interface TmpOptions {
-  /** Extension to use for the temporal file */
-  ext?: string | null;
+export interface TmpFile {
+  name: string;
+  content: Buffer | Serial.Type;
 }
 
 /**
- * Creates a temporal file with the result of `content`;
- * when it is an object, it will be stringified as JSON.
- * Passes the temporal file path to a `callback`, which
- * can return a `Task`.
+ * Creates a temporal `directory` and places there
+ * all `TmpFile`s returned by the `files` callback.
+ * When `TmpFile.content` is an object, it will be
+ * stringified as JSON.
+ * Passes the temporal `directory` to a `callback`,
+ * which can return a `Task`.
  * @returns Task
  */
 export function tmp(
-  content: (context: Context) => MaybePromise<Buffer | Serial.Type>,
-  callback: (path: string) => MaybePromise<Task | Empty>,
-  options?: TmpOptions
+  files: (context: Context) => MaybePromise<null | TmpFile | TmpFile[]>,
+  callback: (directory: string) => MaybePromise<Task | Empty>
 ): Task.Async {
   return create(async (ctx) => {
-    const opts = shallow({ ext: null as string | null }, options || undefined);
-
-    const buffer = await content(ctx);
-    if (isCancelled(ctx)) return;
-
-    const tmpdir = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), constants.name);
-    await fs.ensureDir(tmpdir);
+    const response = await files(ctx);
     if (isCancelled(ctx)) return;
 
-    const filename =
-      'tmp-' +
-      String(Math.random()).substring(2) +
-      (opts.ext ? '.' + opts.ext.replace(/^\./, '') : '');
-    const filepath = path.resolve(tmpdir, filename);
-
-    const teardown = (): void => {
-      try {
-        fs.unlinkSync(filepath);
-      } catch (err: any) {
-        if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') throw err;
-      }
-    };
-
+    const tmpdir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), constants.name, 'tmp-' + nanoid());
+    const teardown = (): void => fs.removeSync(tmpdir);
     const cleanup = onCancel(ctx, () => teardown());
 
     return finalize(
       series(
-        log('debug', 'Tmp:', filename),
-        write(filepath, buffer, { exists: 'error' }),
-        create(() => callback(filepath))
+        mkdir(tmpdir, { ensure: true }),
+        ...(Array.isArray(response) ? response : [response])
+          .filter((file): file is TmpFile => Boolean(file))
+          .map((file) => {
+            return write(path.join(tmpdir, file.name), file.content, {
+              exists: 'error'
+            });
+          }),
+        create(() => callback(tmpdir))
       ),
       () => {
         cleanup();